{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=756a9338-cdfb-449b-8243-f062a70c9aa6", "COCHRAN STATEMENT ON OBAMAS UNILATERAL IMMIGRATION ACTION", "2014-11-20", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "MS", "Thad Cochran", "C000567", "www.cochran.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding President Obama\u2019s decision to issue an executive order granting temporary amnesty to millions of people who are in the United States illegally:\r\n\u201cThere is no justifiable reason for President Obama to act alone now to allow millions of illegal immigrants to stay in the United States.\u00a0\r\n\u201cThe same pressures to secure our borders and reform our legal immigration system will exist in January when the new Congress convenes.\u00a0 By circumventing the legislative process now, I believe the President is making it much harder to address those problems.\u00a0\r\n\u201cThe Congress should review its best options and then act responsibly to address the President\u2019s actions and ensure the primacy of the rule of law.\u201d\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=756a9338-cdfb-449b-8243-f062a70c9aa6"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6641510408371687, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}